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Technology is here to stay, but it’s hard to keep up as it changes so fast.

Children are learning to use technology before they can even walk.

I’m sure many of you will have passed your phone or tablet to your child for them to play with. I know I have.

Cooper has been using our mobile phones and tablets since he was a baby. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t let him waste the day, but I do let him have some time playing on them and I have to admit, they are useful to keep him occupied while I have a quick shower in the morning.

There are some great apps for adults and children of all ages, starting with babies.

Beware!

Many of these apps are touted as free, but once you have downloaded the free game, there are nearly always chargeable extras.

Recently I ran an app workshop in a local library. I was busy loading a variety of tablets with apps for different ages, when I came across a fun dancing game for toddlers based on the famous Gangnam Style. It was a free game, so I loaded it up, but I noticed once it was loaded that you could buy extra coins for the game and they came in at the pricely sum of $99.99.

Children are tempted by these added extras and parents are paying the price.

Recently an 8 year old girl ran up a £4,000 bill on her father’s ipad while playing a horse game and Apple have refused to refund any of the bill, even though the girl didn’t understand what was happening.

So what can you do to protect yourself from these exorbitant charges? How can you kid-proof your tech?

I’ve put together two slideshows to help you. Each has easy step-by-step instructions, one for android devices such as mobile phones and tablets and one for ipads and iphones. For android, I found a nifty little app, but as usual Apple devices aren’t as user friendly and you have to go into settings and do things the Apple way.

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